ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY • Tempe, Ariz.
Degree(s): B, M, D
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: see Music.asu.edu
Application deadline: Dec. 1
Repertoire: B: one prelude and fugue from Eight Little Preludes and Fugues (formerly attr. Bach); two chorale preludes from Orgelbüchlein; one romantic or modern work. M/D: a 15–20 minute audition program for the Fritts organ including some pre-Bach; one work by Bach; a later work that can be played effectively without a swell box.
Additional skill demonstration: sight-reading, possible score analysis
480-965-5069Email

BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY–IDAHO • Rexburg, Idaho
Degree(s): B
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: Jan. 24, 25; 26 (in Salt Lake City) or by appointment
Application deadline: rolling admissions
Repertoire: one Bach work; one work from another period. Applicants with no organ background but strong piano skills may be considered for organ study by performing a keyboard work of Bach and a significant work from another period on the piano.
Additional skill demonstration: one prepared hymn; at the piano, one major and one minor scale in parallel motion (four octaves) and contrary motion (two octaves); one major and one minor arpeggio (four octaves).
208-496-4964Email

THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA • Washington, D.C.
Degree(s): B, M
Recorded pre-audition required: yes
Audition dates: Jan. 28; by appointment
Application deadline: rolling admissions
Repertoire: recorded: one Bach prelude and fugue; one 19th- or early 20th-century work; one post-1930 work. Live: the same categories, but at least one work should be different from the recorded works.
Additional skill demonstration: choral conducting; sight-reading; hymn transposition; hymn harmonization; open score-reading; dictation (four parts); sight-singing
202-319-5414Email

THE EASTMAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC • Rochester, N.Y.
Degree(s): B, M, D
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: see website
Application deadline: Dec. 1
Repertoire: B: one Baroque work; two works by Romantic or contemporary composers, one primarily lyrical, and one primarily virtuosic. M: not more than 30 minutes, including one Bach work, and other works of contrasting styles and periods, including at least one lyrical and one virtuosic selection; memorization encouraged. D: not more than 30 minutes, including one work of Bach; memorization encouraged.
Additional materials: audition repertoire form; repertoire list
585-274-1450Email

MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY • Springfield, Mo.
Degree(s): B, M
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: Feb. 1, 15, Mar. 1, 2, by appointment
Application deadline: rolling admissions
Repertoire: two contrasting works for organ, preferably including one Bach work; students may also audition on piano by playing a Baroque work and a work from a later period.
Additional skill demonstration: sight-reading
417-836-3028Email

NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY • DeKalb, Ill.
Degree(s): B, M, PC
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: by appointment
Application deadline: rolling admissions
Repertoire: B: one polyphonic work in three voices (e.g. a Rheinberger trio, a three-voice chorale setting of Dupré); a work of the applicant’s choice of comparable difficulty of the Eight Little Preludes and Fugues (formerly attr. Bach). M/PC: one major Bach prelude and fugue; one movement from a Bach trio sonata; two contrasting movements from the 19th- or 20th-century French repertoire
Additional skill demonstration: B: hymn sight-reading with soprano, alto, and tenor on one manual, bass in pedal; hymn sight-reading with soprano on one manual (right hand), alto and tenor on a second manual (left hand), bass in pedal; a few short pedal exercises selected by student; M/PC: sight-reading a trio of moderate difficulty
815-753-1546Email

OBERLIN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC • Oberlin, Ohio
Degree(s): B, M, AD
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: B/M: Feb. 1, 2, 15, 16; AD: by appointment
Application deadline: Dec. 1
Repertoire: B: three or four contrasting pieces from the standard organ literature, including one Bach work. Applicants with a strong piano background may audition on piano. M: one major Bach prelude (toccata, fantasia) and fugue; four additional pre-1800 works representing other historic styles. AD: one pre-1700 work; one major Bach prelude (toccata, fantasia) and fugue; one Bach ornamented chorale; one major Romantic pre-1920 work; one major 20th- or 21st-century work.
Additional skill demonstration: B: hymn sight-reading
Additional materials required at audition: AD: repertoire list; concert list (with venues) for at least the last 3 years
440-775-8413Email

OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY • Oklahoma City, Okla.
Degree(s): B, M
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: by appointment
Application deadline: rolling admissions
Repertoire: B: one Baroque work; one Romantic or contemporary work; M: 30-minutes including one major Baroque work; two additional Romantic or later works in differing styles.
Additional skill demonstration: sight-reading; one prepared hymn
405-208-5650Email

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY • New Brunswick, N.J.
Degree(s): B, M, D, AD
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: Feb. 9, 16, by appointment
Application deadline: rolling admissions
Repertoire: B: one Bach work; one movement from a 19th-century work; one post-1900 work; M: one North German or French Classical work; one major Bach prelude and fugue; one major 19th-century work; one post-1960 work. D/AD: one North German or French Classical work; one chorale-based trio from Great Eighteen Chorales or Clavier-Übung III, or one movement from one of the six Bach sonatas; one major Bach prelude and fugue; one major 19th-century work; one post-1960 work.
Additional skill demonstration: B/M/D/AD: hymn sight-reading; M/D/AD: trio sight-reading
Additional materials required at audition: organ and piano repertoire list
848-932-5241Email

SALEM COLLEGE • Winston-Salem, N.C.
Degree(s): B, M
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: by appointment
Application deadline: rolling admissions
Repertoire: BA: two or more movements of a Bach free work (toccata/prelude/fantasia and fugue, trio sonata, concerto); one contrasting 19th-, 20th-, or 21st-century work. BM: two or more movements of a Bach free work (toccata/prelude/fantasia and fugue, trio sonata, concerto); one movement or complete Romantic work; one movement or complete 20th- or 21st-century work. M: one major free Bach work (including the trio sonatas); one Romantic work; one 20th- or 21st-century work.
Additional skill demonstration: B: two stanzas of a prepared hymn. M: one prepared hymn
336-721-2798Email

UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE-CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC • Cincinnati, Ohio
Degree(s): B, M, D, AD
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: Jan. 19, 26
Application deadline: rolling admissions
Repertoire: B: two contrasting works from the standard organ literature. Applicants with a strong piano background may prepare a piano work from the standard repertoire as one of the two works. M/D/AD: three contrasting works including one 17th- or 18th-century work and two 19th-, 20th-, or 21st-century works.
Additional skill demonstration: sight-reading
513-556-9479Email

UNIVERSITY OF LYNCHBURG • Lynchburg, Va.
Degree(s): B
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: call
Application deadline: rolling admissions
Repertoire: one prelude and fugue from Eight Little Preludes and Fugues (formerly attr. Bach) or a work of comparable difficulty; pianists may audition by playing one of the two-part Bach inventions or a work of comparable difficulty.
434-544-8344Email

University of Minnesota • Minneapolis, Minn.
Degree(s): B, M, D
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: B, for spring admission: Dec. 1; B/M/D: Jan. 26, Feb. 2
Application deadline: Dec. 3
Repertoire: B: three works of contrasting styles, including one Bach work; memorization recommended. M: 30 minutes of contrasting styles including one Bach work and one Romantic work; memorization recommended. D: 45 minutes of contrasting styles including one Bach work and 17th-, 19th-, and 20th-century works; memorization recommended.
Additional skill demonstration: B: several stanzas of a hymn; harmonization of a hymn tune; sight-reading; scales and arpeggios at piano; M: several stanzas of a hymn; harmonization of a hymn tune; improvisation; sight-reading a choral score or other open score using one or more C clefs
Additional materials: repertoire list; D: a sample of written work
612-624-3307Email

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS • Winston-Salem, N.C.
Degree(s): High School, B, M, PC
Recorded pre-audition required: no
Audition dates: by appointment
Application deadline: rolling admissions
Repertoire: High School: two or more movements of a Bach free work; one contrasting 19th-, 20th-, or 21st-century work. B: one Bach free work; one Romantic work; one 20th- or 21st-century work. M: one major free Bach work (including the trio sonatas); one Romantic work; one 20th- or 21st-century work.
Additional skill demonstration: one prepared hymn
336-770-3254Email

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO • Toronto, Ont.
Degree(s): B, M, D, PC, AD
Recorded pre-audition required: yes
Audition dates: Feb., Mar.
Application deadline: Nov. 30
Repertoire: B/AD: one major pre-Bach work; one major Bach work; one 20th- or 21st-century work; one contrasting work if program is under 20 minutes. M/PC: minimum 45 minutes including: one major Bach work (excluding BWV 553–560); either trio fast/slow from BWV 525–530 or one fast movement from BWV 525–530 plus one prelude from BWV 651–668 or 645–650; one major Romantic work; one major 20th- or 21st-century work; D: pre-audition video: 20–30 minutes total, including three contrasting works, taken from live repertoire; live: 60 minutes minimum emphasizing applicant’s intended area of academic research and demonstrating contrasting styles, composers, tempi, and registrations.
Additional skill demonstration: B/AD: sight-reading; interval and chord-quality identification
Additional materials required at audition: one copy of repertoire performed for jurors
416-978-2079Email

YALE INSTITUTE OF SACRED MUSIC • New Haven, Conn.
Degree(s): M, D, AD
Recorded pre-audition required: yes
Audition dates: Feb. 20, 21
Application deadline: Dec. 1
Repertoire: Recorded: one major Bach work; one Romantic work; one contemporary work. Live: works from the same three categories. Applicants strongly encouraged, though not required, to perform different works from those recorded.
Additional skill demonstration: sight-reading; other skills
203-432-9681Email

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